74 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



COLEOPTERA TAKEN IN 1887. 

 By Alfred Beaumont, F.E.S, 



As a beetle collector I have often been annoyed by not 

 knowing where to find the beetles I wished to have. The book 

 on Coleoptera by the Rev. Canon Fowler, now publishing by 

 Reeve and Co., has supplied in a great measure my wants. The 

 descriptions of species are admirable, the localities all I could 

 wish. I usually get my holiday in September and spend it in 

 Scotland ; the reference so often made in Mr. Fowler's book to 

 Askham Bog, near York, tempted me to break my journey at 

 York on my way home. Thanks to the Rev. H. C. Hey, of that 

 city, who most kindly directed me to the best part of the Bog for 

 collecting, I had considerable success. Perhaps a list of water- 

 beetles taken by me during 1887, near York, in Scotland, Kent, 

 and a few other localities, would be acceptable to coleopterists 

 reading the ' Entomologist.' 



Cnemidotus impressus, Erith. 



Haliplns obliquus, Lee, Catford ; conjinis, Lee; fulvus,JiQQ; 

 fiavicollis, Lee ; cinereus, Lee, Lewisham; Jiiiviatilis,ljee, Green- 

 wich ; ruficollis, in all ponds ; lineaticollis, common everywhere. 



Brychius elevatus, Catford. 



Hyphyclrus ovatus, common eYer3^where in the south. 



Coelamhus incsqualis, York, Lewisham ; versicolor, York ; 

 qu'inqiiilineatus, Yoik ; impersopunctatus, Catford ; parallelo- 

 gramnius, Gravesend, brackish water ; novemlineatus, Gartmorne 

 Dam, a large reservoir that supplies the town of Alloa ; conjiuens, 

 Elmer's End ; decoratus, Lee, York. 



Deronectes assimiUs, Dollar, York ; depressus, Lewisham ; 

 I'^-pustidatus, Catford. 



Hydroporus davisi, in a muddy river where all the refuse 

 from several paper-mills is turned, at Colinton, Midlothian; 

 rlvalis, Dollar; lepldus, York; Uneatus, Lee; gramdar is, York; 

 pictus, York ; melanarius, stagnant pools on heathery moor, 

 Cuhoss ; memnonius Lewisham, York; nigrita, most moorland 

 pools in Scotland; ohscurus, Lee, York, Dollar; discretus, 

 grassy streams, Pentlands ; puhescens, common everywhere ; 

 lituratus, Lee, Yoik, Culross ; planus, common everywhere ; 

 morio, moors, Culross; gyllenhalU, West Wickham, Lee; tristis. 



